Patents by Inventor Jeroen Bouwman

Jeroen Bouwman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9280169
    Abstract: A voltage regulator can provide a regulated output voltage. The voltage regulator includes a regulating module that includes a resistor and a field effect transistor that has a threshold voltage. The resistor is coupled to a gate terminal and a source terminal of the field effect transistor. The regulating module provides the output voltage. A reference module is suitable for detecting a variation of the output voltage. The reference module is coupled with the regulating module. A current sink is suitable for subtracting a compensation current from the current flowing from the regulating module to the reference module. The compensation current is dependent on a variation of the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Jeroen Bouwman, Leon C. M. van den Oever
  • Patent number: 8797100
    Abstract: Circuit unit (CU) comprising a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a long-gate pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor. Either a source (S) or a drain (D) of the long-gate pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor is electrically coupled with either a collector (C) or an emitter (E) of the heterojunction bipolar transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Bart Balm, Jeroen Bouwman, Léon C. M. van den Oever
  • Publication number: 20130169250
    Abstract: A voltage regulator can provide a regulated output voltage. The voltage regulator includes a regulating module that includes a resistor and a field effect transistor that has a threshold voltage. The resistor is coupled to a gate terminal and a source terminal of the field effect transistor. The regulating module provides the output voltage. A reference module is suitable for detecting a variation of the output voltage. The reference module is coupled with the regulating module. A current sink is suitable for subtracting a compensation current from the current flowing from the regulating module to the reference module. The compensation current is dependent on a variation of the threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Jeroen Bouwman, Leon C.M. van den Oever
  • Publication number: 20130033322
    Abstract: Circuit unit (CU) comprising a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a long-gate pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor. Either a source (S) or a drain (D) of the long-gate pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor is electrically coupled with either a collector (C) or an emitter (E) of the heterojunction bipolar transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Bart Balm, Jeroen Bouwman, Léon C.M. van den Oever
  • Patent number: 8305069
    Abstract: Bandgap reference circuit, comprising a voltage generator (VG) designed to produce a voltage or a current proportional to absolute temperature, a supply circuit (SC), designed to produce a supply for operating the voltage generator (VG), comprising a bias element (BS) and a control element (CS), and a bias circuit (BC), designed to produce a bias for operating the voltage generator (VG), comprising a bias element (BB) and a control element (CB). At least one of the control element (CS) of the supply circuit (SC) and the control element (CB) of the bias circuit (BC) comprises a pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor or a hetero-junction bipolar transistor and/or at least one of the bias element (BS) of the supply circuit (SC) and the bias element (BB) of the bias circuit (BC) comprises a long-gate pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor or a resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Jeroen Bouwman, Léon C. M. van den Oever
  • Publication number: 20110215789
    Abstract: Bandgap reference circuit, comprising a voltage generator (VG) designed to produce a voltage or a current proportional to absolute temperature, a supply circuit (SC), designed to produce a supply for operating the voltage generator (VG), comprising a bias element (BS) and a control element (CS), and a bias circuit (BC), designed to produce a bias for operating the voltage generator (VG), comprising a bias element (BB) and a control element (CB). At least one of the control element (CS) of the supply circuit (SC) and the control element (CB) of the bias circuit (BC) comprises a pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor or a hetero-junction bipolar transistor and/or at least one of the bias element (BS) of the supply circuit (SC) and the bias element (BB) of the bias circuit (BC) comprises a long-gate pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor or a resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Jeroen Bouwman, Léon C.M. van den Oever